In this episode, Anna and Guillermo speak with Professor Jelena Vučković from Stanford's Nanoscale and Quantum Photonics Lab about the fascinating world of quantum engineering.
Jelena explains different quantum technology platforms and how quantum entanglement serves as the foundation for various applications such as eavesdropping detection. They explore how researchers are developing chip-scale quantum systems and the significant implications these technologies have for secure communication and cryptography.
Related links:
Episode 288: Quantum Cryptography with Or Sattath
WHIR: Reed–Solomon Proximity Testing with Super-Fast Verification
BB84: Quantum cryptography: Public key distribution and coin tossing
BBM92: Quantum Cryptography Without Bell's Theorem
Stanford Nanoscale Quantum Photonics Group Github
Stanford Nanoscale and Quantum Photonics Lab
Photonics: Practical & Optimized: A Talk by Jelena
Accelerator that fits on a chip work by Jelena
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ZK Benchmarks with Conner Swann
In this episode Anna explores the contentious topic of ZK benchmarking with Conner Swann, founder of ProofLab.
Drawing parallels with AI's development, they explore how tools like ProofLab could help standardize benchmarking across dimensions like speed, cost, and security. The conversation touches on the importance of formal verification and real-world workload testing, while considering how better benchmarking could accelerate ZK adoption and potentially lead to ZK's own 'ChatGPT moment'
Related links:
zkSummit
The Zero-Knowledge Community Survey
NoirHack
Noir
ethProofs
Designing Optimistic Interoperability with Nomad
Trusted Setup Ceremonies Explored
Anna’s Post on Benchmarking
The path to secure and efficient zkVMs: How to track progress
Ben Fisch on Limiting Factors of Verifiable Compute
ZKarnage
Further reading:
Celo Espero ceremony
ZKVM Benchmarking
The same thing that happened to AI is Happening to ZK
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Aztec Labs is running a 4 week program,...
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Coordinating Provers with Norbert from ZkCloud
In this episode Anna dives back into the topic of prover networks & prover marketplaces with Norbert Vadas, Head of Product at ZkCloud.
They kick off by mapping out different actors in the ZK supply chain, and then cover the variety of approaches and economic models behind prover marketplaces. They explore the ZkCloud system before diving into Norbert’s perspective on the future of large-scale, industrial-grade ZK proving and what that will unlock.
Related links:
ZKV
ZK Hack Kraków
Mina Snarketplace
Mina: What are SNARK workers and the Snarketplace
Gevulot
ZkCloud
EthCC Paris: Toghrul Maharramov - Multi-Verifiers as a Hedge Against Bridge Vulnerabilities
RISC Zero Bonsai
Polygon zkEVM
GitHub: Aztec Protocol Barretenberg
ZK11: SNARK proving ASICs - Justin Drake
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1:04:51
The Founding of Zero Knowledge Systems with Austin Hill
This week, we present the third installment in the Zero Knowledge Systems story. In this episode, Anna chats with Austin Hill, one of the original founders of Zero Knowledge Systems.
They explore the company’s early days, Austin’s background in tech, and what this scene in Montreal was like in the late ’90s. The conversation covers fundraising during the dot-com boom, Zero Knowledge Systems’s ambitious vision for internet privacy, its flagship product Freedom, and how the company pivoted from a broad individual privacy mission to a more focused B2B approach.
They cover Austin’s journey after ZKS—including how he discovered Bitcoin, co-founded Blockstream, and navigated the challenges of building a business around open-source infrastructure. He also discusses a new project he's involved in, which ventures into a completely different field—material nanotechnology.
We encourage you to check out the first two episodes of the series here and here before diving into this one.
Related links:
Part 1: Back to the Future with Zero Knowledge
Part 2: Zero Knowledge Systems, Privacy and Security with Jonathan Wilkins
Zero Knowledge Enemy of the State Shift Article
Knowing Glances: Understanding Infrastructures of Surveillance
Further reading:
Zero Knowledge Systems Wikipedia
Blockstream Website
Wired Article: Zero-Knowledge: Nothing Personal
News Burst: Zero-Knowledge open sources Freedom
Zero-Knowledge Systems Introduces Security and Privacy Tool Suite
Interview:...
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Making ZK More Human with ZK Email
This week Anna catches up with Aayush Gupta from ZK Email, covering the latest developments and real-world applications of the ZK Email protocol. They explore how the project serves as a bridge between Web2 systems and Web3 infrastructure and go on to discuss use cases like wallet-based account recovery, anonymous reputation-based communication, and digital provenance verification. This was an exploration of novel ZK use cases, which is something we love to cover - so we hope you enjoy it!
Related links:
ZK Email Website
ZKP2P with Brian & Richard
Modular Summit 3.0 Panel: ZK Applications
ZK12: Future of ZK Applications with Anna & Friends
ZK for web2 interop with zkLogin & ZK Email
ZK Email: Making Airdrops More Human
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Zero Knowledge is a podcast which goes deep into the tech that will power the emerging decentralised web and the community building this. Covering the latest in zero knowledge research and applications, the open web as well as future technologies and paradigms that promise to change the way we interact — and transact — with one another online.
Zero Knowledge is hosted by Anna Rose
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